Will we qualify for the CL?

[Drummond]

So it is possible a points deduction could effectively be no penalty at all, then. Like when the Football League waited until Small Heath had no chance of going up and then deducted them just enough points to ensure that there was no chance of them going down.

My guess.

ManC will be deducted 35-40 points, putting them 17th. That will be applied in August so applying to 24-25, before next season, but they will have done their transfer business by then just before they get a two window ban.

So no real punishment then? Unless the transfer ban is for two or three seasons.

Yep. That's my guess.

[Toronto Villa]

The will be docked points for all league games they will play between the end of May and the start of August. That will learn 'em.

[Dogtanian]

For work-related reasons, I found myself literally forced into writing a program to determine all the different permutations for the remaining games to see how many saw us get a Champions League place.

As of today, there are 59,049 permutations that can impact the top 7. Only 33% of those see us get top 5, with 37% seeing us get 6th.

Boooo. 

So, I re-ran the Muskahound Supercomputer, removing our fixtures and instead setting our final number of points.

	6 pts	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts	0 pts
3rd	33%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
4th	47%	22%	2%	0%	0%	0%
5th	18%	49%	27%	7%	0%	0%
6th	1%	26%	61%	63%	44%	11%
7th	0%	0%	9%	29%	56%	89%

So, that's settled.

I now have to go and bury my code in the garden to stop those Opta chumps trying to steal my secrets. 

[Dave]

Good work. And a hearty "welcome back".

[Sexual Ealing]

What a comeback!

[Clampy]

Welcome back Doggy. One for all and all for one!

[Dogtanian]

Cheers!

I've just had a peak at the daunting list of updated topics... 

[LeeS]

Cheers!

I've just had a peak at the daunting list of updated topics... 

Don’t worry, get your computer model to remove any started by Footy-Vill and the picture improves.

[Drummond]

Cheers!

I've just had a peak at the daunting list of updated topics... 

Don’t worry, get your computer model to remove any started by Footy-Vill and the picture improves.

In summary..

We will
We won't
He's shit
He's great
He's going
He's staying
He's coming
He's not
It's looking the wrong way
It's not big enough
Where's my beer?
That lot.... Hahahahahahahaha

[cdbearsfan]

Welcome back Dogtanian. Nice to see you've been keeping yourself busy 🙂

[cdbearsfan]

Cheers!

I've just had a peak at the daunting list of updated topics... 

Get the Muskehounds to help out.

[Percy McCarthy]

Just heard Matt Law on a podcast, he pricked my balloon of confidence somewhat. To paraphrase, they threw the Palace game for R&R reasons, but will try harder and pick more of their best players in this one.

[Dave]

Uh oh, not the best players that have won one league game since February.

[Percy McCarthy]

Uh oh, not the best players that have won one league game since February.

He’s a Villa fan isn’t he? I’ll put it down to our natural pessimism. On the plus side, he also mentioned Chelsea’s terrible record against Man Utd.

[OCD]

So from Dogtanian's analysis...win our last 2 games and there's a 99% chance of Champions League football?